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DRAKE

What a year 2016 was for the Toronto rapper. His album VIEWS was one of the best-selling albums of the year and he was the king of Spotify for the second year in a row; his song ‘One Dance’ became the first song to ever reach a billion streams on Spotify.

A new report suggests that he will be making his highly anticipated comeback at this year’s GRAMMYs which has many fans excited!

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Justin Timberlake arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film Cafe Society and the Opening Ceremony at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France on May 11, 2016 (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

It has been three since Justin Timberlake released his last album, The 20/20 Experience, however that doesn’t mean he wasn’t busy in 2016. He released the lead single from the animated movie Trolls, ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’.

According to RCA Records Executive Vice President/GM Joe Riccitelli, “He’s just really working on it now. When he’s ready, he’s ready. Justin does what he does, when he wants to do it.”

It would also appear as if Justin is re-teaming with producer Timbaland (the two worked together on Justin’s Future Sex Love Sounds album).

Justin could be releasing some country music in 2017 according to the Producer and these Instagram pictures.

Timbaland also said, “We always wanted to do country music – we thought some of our lyrics were country. I’m already posted up in Nashville, so that’s something I want to do. I don’t discriminate between genres. I learn it, I study it, and I love it.”

KATY PERRY

Katy Perry performing during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

She spent much of 2016 showing her support for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and although her efforts didn’t help Hillary get into the White House, 2016 was still good to Katy.

Nicki and Ariana Grande teamed up once again for the sexually explicit single, ‘Side to Side’; the two also performed it at this year’s American Music Awards.

Nicki also dropped a remix to the popular ‘Mannequin Challenge’ song, ‘Black Beatles’ by Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane.

We already know that in 2017 she’ll drop collaborations with Madonna and Major Lazer, meaning her new album is bound to be diverse and hot!

HARRY STYLES

Harry Styles in ‘Dunkirk’ (Paramount)

Niall and Zayn aren’t the only former One Direction members with solo deals.

In 2016, Harry Styles signed a solo deal with Columbia Records and according to singer Robbie Williams, Harry could be working with Bruno Mars and super producer Max Martin!

He said, “Last year I tried to work with Bruno Mars – didn’t hear anything back. Tried to work with Max Martin – didn’t hear anything back. They literally didn’t return my calls. Then I met Harry Styles in an airport. ‘Oh, you’re writing, Harry? Great, who with?’ He goes: ‘Well, I just spent a week with Bruno Mars, and I’m about to spend a week with Max Martin’.”

Harry has also been busy getting his acting on as he stars in the upcoming movie, Dunkirk. Check out the trailer for that below.

MAJOR LAZER

Major Lazer

I have to admit, I am probably most excited to hear what these guys do next in 2017.

This past year, they teased that their upcoming album Music Is The Weapon would have even bigger features than their last album Peace Is The Mission. They’ve already released ‘Cold Water’ their collaboration with Justin Bieber and MØ.

They also revealed that they have a new single with Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor that will drop on January 6th.

MAROON 5

His band, Maroon 5, haven’t released a new album since 2014’s V, but they did release a catchy single, ‘Don’t Wanna Know’ featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar.

The band will be on tour in 2017 and hit cities like Montreal, Cleveland and New York.

CALVIN HARRIS

Calvin Harris (Sony)

2016 was probably way more about his personal life than his music for Calvin Harris (see breakup with Taylor Swift HERE), something I’m sure he’d like to change in 2017.

He released the hugely successful single, ‘This Is What You Came For’ featuring Rihanna.

He also released ‘My Way’.

Expect Calvin to take his time with rolling out new music, as he revealed in a September interview,

“This [‘My Way’] is probably the last thing I’ll put out this year. I did something with Big Sean for him, which he said might be out this year — which I really hope it is, because I love that. Apart from that, that’s it. One song at a time. That’s my new mantra. Try to make each song as good as it can possibly be. I’m not trying to do an album. I’m just trying to do good music.”